Morning coffee

[Jeff Norwell]

A lot of the things once made here have moved and it's not always the greedy $$ that are the reason. Many times we ( as in Government ) just regulate ourselves out of doing business
here.
Last three Intersate batteries I've bought were made in Mexico.
A lot of parts on new Fords are made in Mexico.
GM pickups are all made in Mexico.
I've bought many after market parts made in Mexico and have had good luck so far. I think the companies that have things manufactured there keep a lot closer eye and control on quality then stuff made off shore.
I've have boycotted Hershey Chocolate ever since they went to Mexico, I won't give them a break 

Agreed Jim
The Hershey plant in a town in Ontario(63-08) left for Mexico because of cheaper labour, now the planet grows Medical Dope.
Our beloved Tim Hortons was bought out by Burger King--- nation wide and on the day of the sale--40% of the staff were "escorted out"
Burger King can suck it!
Locally we avoid the Timmy Ho's and get our coffee at the small independent shops.

[RICH MUISE]

Save up for a coffee pot Jeff, you'll save lots of money.

[Zapato]

good to see you back Rich

Zap-

[Jeff Norwell]

Save up for a coffee pot Jeff, you'll save lots of money.

Done and Done Rich.

[RICH MUISE]

Well, the season of not getting much done because "there's a game on" is finally upon us...yeah!! I love my baseball games. As hard as it's been to stay a Rockies fan all these past years, I still love them. Love the fact they just started the season off with a 3 game sweep on a road series! pretty cool after only winning 21 road games all last year.

[LAUDY57]

FINALLY!!!
We've all had one - that annoying rattle that drives you nuts and you cannot locate! All last year I was bugged by an intermittent one and just recently I was under the car and my shoulder brushed against that little U-bracket on the back side of an A-arm and I heard a small sound. The bracket doesn't go all the way down to the bottom A-arm edge and I could slightly move something inside. Must be a rock!
When I lowered the car I went from the top with a screwdriver and sure enough something was down there, flat black like everything else, couldn't tell it was anything from above. I tapped the screwdriver with a hammer and presto!, the thing turned to powder! It was a compacted piece of dirt, rust and pebbles and because of the vibration of the suspension it had its edges kept loose inside the bracket.
Nice warm day today, took a ride and no more crappy rattle! I had been sure it was a rotor shield loose or something and could never find it!

[Rich Christian]

 what I would have to do to put a 351-C in my 57-300 custom...with a C-4 tranny ? thank you

[lalessi1]

Hey Rich, Welcome to the forum. If you go to the Engine Swap area in the Technical Section and search 351C it will give you a lot of info.

[JPotter57]

Rich Christian,  you can use 65-66 Mustang 289 mounts with spacers, or 67-72 Ford F100  302 mounts, or do like I did.  I made custom solid mounts and a solid trans mount for mine.  Headers are easy, get 2v or 4v headers for 351C in 70 Mustang.  I used Patriot Headers in mine, nice 1 3/4 tubes with 3 inch collector.
I currently have a 351C, big solid cam, X-celerator intake, etc, with a C6.  I already have a bigger solid roller cam, Holley Strip Dominator intake and C4 trans which will go in later.  I have also been researching 377/383 stroker kits, which I am very interested in.  I want to get it going with what is in it now, for a bit of a baseline.  My ultimate goal is to take it to Hot Rod Drag Week, and go high 10s or low 11s with it.  That is the plan anyway.  I would really like to do it with a manual trans, just have to see how much it will cost me to get my toploader faceplated.

[RICH MUISE]

Went to the Oklahoma City NSRA show on Friday. First time I had been to that one. Great show, short on 50's Fords as usual. There was a solid looking Ranchwagon there for sale.
I got to talking to the guy that owns the '37 Studebaker in the next pic. He was there with his brother who had a gorgeous 55 Ford pickup. They both drove down from the Kansas City area. Anyway, turns out he is a bigtime '57 Ford guy and has 4 of them. Also turns out he has a salvage yard N of KC, and has both old and new stuff. I took a pic of his hat because he forgot to bring business cards with him. He may be joining the forum.

[RICH MUISE]

I have more pics of the Ranchwagon if anybody's looking for a car.
The owner of the Edsel/Ranchero wasn't there, but from what I could gather, this one is different from others we've seen in that I believe it actually started life as an Edsel. He had a '58 Edsel wagon next to it, and both cars had Esel Club stickers/memberships on them. The show entry form was filled out as '58 Edsel.
The green and white wagon is from Kansas. I saw it in Colorado last year. Gorgeous car.

[djfordmanjack]

Rich, that inca gold/colonial white wagon. is that original paint on the roof or is custom faded patina on purpose ? I would like to see some more pics of it. the overdrive 6 would make it a great milage maker !

[Ecode70D]

Günter... It's a funny thing, I was looking at that same picture and thinking about what you have to go through on your 57 wagon roof.  I totally missed the patina on the roof and had to go back and take another look.
Rich... you did good in searching out some 57's for us to drool over.  I can't figure out how that one started life as an Edsel though.   Did they actually make an Edsel  Ranchero?     

[RICH MUISE]

The owner of the Ranchero was not there so I couldn't get much info on it. Good eye, Gunther. An educated guess is it was a good job of making it look like an old paint job. I would have liked to been able to look in the jambs and tailgate area.
Jay..I've seen a number of Rancheros with Edsel front sheetmetal. This one had the edsel tailights, edsel dash, etc. My guess is it was an Edsel wagon that was transformed using a Ranchero roof and bed.

[Ford Blue blood]

Rich all that Edsel stuff bolts onto the 57/58 Ford Ranchero.  The wagons in the Edsel line were the same body as the Fords, just added the lower fin (bolt on piece) and trim and it is good to go....